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Bourbon County, Kansas

Date Established: August 25, 1855
Date Organized: September 12, 1855
Location: Kansas map showing location of Bourbon County
County Seat: Fort Scott
Origin of Name: Named for Bourbon County, Kentucky, the birthplace of Col. Samuel A. Williams, a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from Fort Scott in 1855, who requested that the county be so named. The Kentucky county, created in 1785, was itself named for the Bourbon dynasty of France, in commemoration of French aid to the American cause during the Revolutionary War.
Cities & Townships
PlacePopulation (2020 census)
Drywood Township  366 
Fort Scott (city)  7,552 
Franklin Township  304 
Freedom Township  585 
Marion Township  1,110 
Marmaton Township  724 
Mill Creek Township  488 
Osage Township  348 
Pawnee Township  280 
Scott Township  2,219 
Timberhill Township  263 
Walnut Township  121 
Total population: 14,360 

Township map of Bourbon County, 2000
Population:
1860 (6,101)
1870 (15,076)
1880 (19,591)
1890 (28,575)
1900 (24,712)
1910 (24,007)
1920 (23,198)
1930 (22,386)
1940 (20,944)
1950 (19,153)
1960 (16,090)
1970 (15,215)
1980 (15,969)
1990 (14,966)
2000 (15,379)
2010 (15,173)
2020 (14,360)
Other Resources: Post offices in Bourbon County
Cemeteries in Bourbon County, As of 1906
Newspapers Available on Microfilm
Townships and Independent Cities in Bourbon County
Bibliography
Kansas Memory
Links to Other Sites: Bourbon County GenWeb
Early Kansas Maps [KanColl]
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